Neville Stidolph was a consultant in urology and general surgery at Whittington Hospital, London. He was born in Mossel Bay, South Africa, on 31 October 1911. His father, Charles Edward Stidolph, was a magistrate. His mother was Florence née Hinwood. He was educated at Grey High School, Port Elizabe

Born on 24 September 1897, son of Lieutenant-Colonel H L Donovan RAMC, he was one of a large family which contributed notably to medicine and the Services. Major-General Sir Patrick Hehir, Indian Medical Service, was an uncle, and three of Donovan's brothers became well-known Birmingham doctors.

Douglas Tooms was a consultant surgeon to the Mid Worcestershire Hospital Group. He received his medical education in Cardiff and was a house surgeon and house physician at Cardiff Royal Infirmary. He was a resident surgical officer at the Gordon Hospital, a registrar at Warneford Hospital, Leamingt

Melvin Calverly Jennings ('Mel') was a urologist and general surgeon at East Surrey Hospital. He was born on 21 June 1939, into a surgical family. His father, Calverly Jennings, was a fellow of the college and a GP surgeon who worked at Epsom Cottage Hospital before the advent of the NHS. His mother

John Gordon Smart was appointed to the Leicester Royal Infirmary as a general surgeon with an interest in urology in 1965. Later he became the first pure urologist to the hospital and was responsible for building up the urology unit to become the largest in the Trent region. Possessing an administra

Trevor Ford was a consultant general surgeon and urologist to the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, working at Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells. The adopted only son of an antiques dealer, Trevor was brought up in London. After pre-clinical studies at Oxford University, he proceed

Ken Owen was a well-known urologist in London with an international reputation, particularly in the Middle East and throughout Europe, especially in Scandinavia and Italy. His first consultant appointment was as a general surgeon to the Royal Northern Hospital in 1957, succeeding McNeill Love, who s

Phadke was born in 1901 and educated in East Khandesh, India. His clinical medical training was received at University College Hospital. London, and he graduated in 1927. Returning to India he became surgeon at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Bombay, an appointment he held until his retire

Born in 1872 at Holstein, Canada, he received his early education at Mount Forest, and practised there for a year after graduation from the University of Toronto in 1895. He took postgraduate work in London, and was admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons as a Member in 1900; he took the Fellowshi

Hugh Fraser Anderson was born in Manchester on 19 April 1910, the son of William Thomson Anderson, a mining electrical engineer, and his wife, Madeleine, née Grubb. He was educated at King William's College in the Isle of Man. In 1929 he gained an entrance exhibition to Caius College, Cambridge, and

George Wilson was a urologist and chief of staff at the Welland Hospital, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Edinburgh on 29 October 1914, the son of George Stewart Wilson, a civil servant, and Catherine Wilson née Campbell. He was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and then went on to stu

William Gordon Gill was born in Reigate on 3 January 1908. He was educated at Kingswood School, Seaford, and Marlborough College, from where he won an exhibition to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. From Cambridge he went to Guy's Hospital where he qualified in 1932; becoming FRCS in 1934 and M